Residents of Chechnya demand from Kadyrov to react to resonant road accident

After the death of a woman and a child in a road accident in Grozny, residents of Chechnya have demanded from the republic's leader to take appropriate measures regarding Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, his cousin and the head of the Shali District who could be involved in the accident.

The accident occurred at night on December 5 in Grozny; and messages about it appeared in social networks on December 5; and this morning they appeared in mass media.

In the evening on December 5, local residents spread information about the accident in the WhatsApp. They also posted photos of the casualties and the wrecked car.

"A car accident occurred in Grozny in Khankalskaya Street: a Mercedes car crashed into a VAZ-2107 car at a high speed. As a result, two passengers of the VAZ car, a woman and her daughter, died. The driver of this car is in grave condition; while the driver of the Mercedes was not hurt ... We are very much waiting for a report about this on the ChGTRK (Chechen State Radio and TV Company) 'Grozny' ... We are also waiting for the reaction of Kadyrov himself," says the spread statement.

It also notes that one of the participants in the road accident was Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, Ramzan Kadyrov's cousin, who is the head of the Shali Municipal District.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 6, 2018 at 12:18 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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